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June 17 1924. 1,498,02 7 C. GAGLIAZZO COMPUTING MACHINE Filed March e, 192.3 :s Smets-Sheer 1 C. GAGLIAZZO COMPUTING MACHINE Filed March 8. 1923 I5 Sheets-Sheet 2 June 17, 1924.

1,498,027 c. GAGLlAzzo COMPUT ING MACHINE Filed March 8, 19275 ."5 Sheets-Sheet 3 A so 4W 'Patented June 11, 1924.

UNITED STATES cmo eAGLmzzo,

OF TURIN, ITALY.

COMPUTING MACHINE.

Application illed March 8, 1923. Serial No. 823,747.

To all whom it mag/concern.'

mined values constltuting them, and has for lits object an apparatus of this class comprising a plurality of mechanical units each of which includes a. member adaptedr to carry a. type'or types in printing position with respect to a platen to record the times each of said figures is included in the desired number or amount.

The apparatus comprises also means for setting up the number or amount to be de-v composed, aslwell as a counting and printing device actuated by said means and comprlsing type drums whose types come in line of impression at the same time as the types of said units.- v

The apparatus according to this invention is thereby in condition to record the number or amount to be decomposed as well as the result of its decomposition.

The present invention further comprises the actuation of said units by means of parts each corresponding with a manipulating key or member, and acting to impart to a driven member a displacement proportional with the value of the numeral shown on its key, said driven member in turn actuating a counting device intended to give the sum of the numbers which have beenv decomposed.

The apparatus according to the present inventionis particularly useful for giving the quantity of moneys as bank notes or coins of several predetermined val-ues that is required to provide any desired amount, but it may be of use in any case when a number (which lmay represent a Volume, a weight, etc.) must be decomposedaccording to any rule.'

The apparatus according. lto the present invention is hereinafter described in an embodiment of 'the same particularly useful for determining how many notes or coins of different predetermined values are required to rovide a given amount. The rule of divlsion of the amount is dependent upon the series of values existing in the particular money system to be followed, and the apparatus may comprise as man counting units as are the money values w ile the actuation of each manipulatin key or member is caused to operate allT the countin units corresponding withl values in whic may be decomposed the numerals corresponding with the same manipulating key or member.

On the annexed drawings is shown by way of example an embodiment of the present invention adapted for decomposing amounts comprising up to 199 unities and 99 cents in a decimal system comprising money values of 100, 50, 25, 20, 10, 5, 2 unities, 1 unity and 50, 25, 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1 cent.

In said drawing Figure 1 is a plan view of'this apparatus with the casing artially broken away; Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same on line 2, 2 of Figure 1; Figure 3 shows separately a member hereinafter described; Fi e 4 is a diagram of theinterconnection out-he several parts and Figure 5 shows a form of card for recording the results of the operations.

As shown by Figure 1, the apparatus comprises four rows of keys 3 on which are shown the respective values. The two left rows with their respective devices provide the set for the unity and unity multiple numerals, while the two right hand rows provide the set for the broken numerals. The two sets are identical with each other and therefore it is sufficient to describe one of them say the right hand set.

The apparatus is located on a frame 1 and enclosed within a casing 2 from which project the keys 3. Each key corresponds with a numeral being the unity or given multiples of unity as 2-35 10-20-25 and so on, and the keys marked 1 to 9 are in a row and those from 10 to 90 are in a second row, while other keys as for 100 and 25 are suitably-arranged on the ap aratus, as shown by Figure 1. Of course t is is the arrangement followed 'in the case of a decimal money system but it may be modified according to the particularfsystem to be fol- I lowed.

The counting device comprises a u'nit for each of the numerals 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50 in thev right set (cents), while it comprises numerals 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100 in the left set; each unit comprises a bar 4, 42, 4", etc., adjacentv to the row of keys from which it is to be operated, with an exception for the 25-bar which ends at its associate key.

The first right hand unit and bar 4 correspond with the numeral 1, the second ones 4 with the numeral or value 2, the third one 41S with the numeral 5, the bar r41" corresponds with 10, and so on.

Each key 3 is carried by a stem 5 moving through a slot 5 of the casing 2 and pivoted with one arm 6 of an angle lever 6 ulcrumed at 7 on a lug 8 of a stationary cross bar `8 solid with the frame 1; said 1ever 6 is held in its normal position by a spring44 as usual, a single one of these springs 'being shown on the drawing for the Vpurpose of clearness.

Each angle .lever 6 comprises a pin 9 which is en aged in a slot 10 of that or those of the ars 4', 42, 45 which correspond with the unitary figures providing thenumeral' shown on the key.

This is shown more clearly by the diagram of Figure 4 in which the horizontal row of figures 1-2-5--10--20-25-50 show` the different values of moneys to be disposed of for the broken number of the amount to be decomposed, while the vertical row of numerals 1-9 represent the first row of ke'ys and shows that the key 1 is connected with the bar 4', the key 2 iscon-V nected with the bar 42, key 3 drives the bars 4 and 42;l key 4 is connected` with the bar. 42 imparting to it a double stroke this being conventionally shown by an encircled point and the construction of the parts be# lng hereinafter described, and so on, while the 10-key is connected with the bar 41 and so' on; the diagram is made for values up to 30,' and shows how the amount is decomposed in the numerals 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 25 some of which may bel taken two times, as in cal lines indicate that the bars correspondwith the heading figures are moved.

ing through a stroke when is manipulated the key corresponding with the numeral of the The bars 42 and heading line, while the encircled points show that the'respective bar is moved through a double stroke.

The engagement of each of the pins 9 with the several bars 4, 42, 4ti is provided by slots 1() made in said bars, the respective position and size of the slots and pins being such as each pin 9 may shift ,its cooperating bar or bars towards left (Figure 2) but the other bars are not moved and the same pin is not moved on said bar or bars being shifted toward left by another of said pins.

42 corresponding with numerals 2 and 20 provide extensions 412 and 412 having slots 10 in which are engaged pins 9 of the levers 6 connected with the keys of the numerals comprising two times the figures 2 and 20, respectively, that .nected at 14 b `quadrant 15 is 4, 9 (this figure being assumed to be di-` This arrangement is intended to produce,

by the actuation of the keys for 44 and 40,

`a stroke of the bars 42 and 42 having twice the length ofthe stroke lproduced by the keys of 2 andv 20.

Each bar 4', 42 ne'cted with a lever 111 fulcrumed at 12 on the frame' 1 -andacted on by a return spring 13; the end of the lever'11 is cona rod 14 with a rocking crumed at 15 whosel rim has a projection 16 provided with a numeral 1 which comes in line of printing when the cooperating bar is shifted. The member 15 connected with the bar of the numerals etc., has one endv con-v 2, or20, has a further tooth 16 having the numeral 2 which is carried in line forimpression whenthe associate bar 42 or 42 is shifted through a double stroke as herein# after described.

The rocking quadrant 15 imparts its oscillations through a pawl 17, fulcrumed vthereon at 17 and acted on by a spring 17 to the first pinionl 18 of a counter'which comprises also drums 19-20-21 the said pinion and drums being loose on their s indles 18-19-20-21 and having on t eir rims the numerals 1 to 9 whichare shown through openings 22H, 22m, 22, 22v provided in the casing 2. Through openings 22are shown numerals carried by the sectors 15.

Eachofthe drums 18-19-20 is connected with thel corresponding drums 19,

20, 21 in the manner usual in counters, by a.

tooth which moves the driven drum through one step when the driving drum has moved through ten teeth or steps. Therefore, in each row of corresponding openings 22H, 22m, 22VI and 22v there is in view the sum of the number of times each value 1, 2, 5, 10,. and 20 is included in the decomposed amounts.

This mechanism is not particularly shown vno inv detail and the connecting means between corresponding drums 18. 19, 20, and'21 arev not illustrated, because these are well known devices usually embodied in counters, and are not particularlyfeatured. A

Each of the parts 18-21 loose onthe respective spindle 18-192021 hasfa pawl 23 which may engage a notch of the respective shaft and on these shaftsare.

fastened pinions 24--254-26-27 (Fig. 1) meshing with each other. On the last shaft 21- is keyed a crank 28 by. whose; operation through a single revolution all the drums of the counter may be carried back. to zero,.

while owing to the pawl engagement the said drums may rotate forward with respect to their shafts under the actuation im arted by the first pawl 17. e

8x1 the sides of the frame 1 are pivoted at 29 levers 30 (a single one of them being shown in Figure 2), acted on by springs 3l and carrying a paper platen carriage 32 which, on the levers 30 being oscillated by a handle 33, may be carried against the quadrants 15 to record the figures carried in line of impression by each of them. y The platen roller 32 is rotatable in its supporting levers 30 for the line feeding motion of the paper carried on it. Conventional means, as a ribbon, not shown, are provided for the impression of the types on the paper.

For each rowiof keys 3 is mounted to move longitudinally' a bar 34 provided with teeth 35 and each lever 6 has a depending portion 6 carrying a pin 36 adapted to engage one of said teeth, there being between assoclate pin and tooth a lost motion inversely proportional with the numerical value of the figure carried by the associate key. In other Words there is a maximum lost motion between the pin 36, of the l-key and the associate projection 35 while there is no lost motion between the pin 369 of the 9-,key and the projection 359 of the bar 34 and therefore when this latter 9-key is manipulated the bar 34 is shifted to full extent while on the 1-key being manipulated the lever 34 is shifted through one portion of' its stroke which is 1/9 of this full stroke; for intermediate keys the lost motion has intermediate extents so as to shift said bar through 2/9, 3/9, 4/9 and so on; it is thus obtainedto shift the bar 34 through a space in proportion with the figure carried by the key which has been depressed.

At one of its ends the bar 34 is pivotally connected with a leve-r 37 acted on by a return spring 38 and carrying a toothed quadrant 39 operating a counting drum 46 intended to carry on the same line of im pression of the quadrant 15 the figures of the number set up by the manipulations of the keys; this arrangement provided for printing the amount in a column adjacent to that in which are shown the results of the decomposition of the same.

At the other end of the rod 34 is pivotally connected a toothed quadrant 40 fulcrumed at 41 and driving in a single direction through a pawl `47 the first drum 42 of a counting device 42 whose figures are shown through the openings 43.

By depressing a key, sa the last key of the first right hand row 9 cents) the key produces the oscillation of its lever 6 which being connected by -the pin 9 with the bar 4s and by the pin 9 with the bar 42 produces a single oscillation of the quadrant 15 of the column 5 and a double oscillation of the quadrant 15 of the column 2; thereby are carried in line for impression the numeral l of the,column 5 and the numeral 2 of the column 2, so that on the platen 32 being oscillated, said numerals are printed in the respective columns of a card or the like carried by the platen 32, to denote that the given amount (9) is made of one. money of five unities and two moneys of two unities.

The quadrants 15 which have been oscillated also impart a rotation to their respective counters 18-21 which advance through one or two steps respectively, and then in the openings 22 of each column the operator may read the sum of the figures lgiven b the decomposition of all the numbers which have been decomposed.

At the same time the actuation of the key 3 has shifted the bar 34 through a full stroke said bar driving through the quadrant 39 the counter 46 through nine steps.

The quadrant 40 drives the counter 42 which carries under sight through the openings 43 the sum of the numbers which have been decomposed, while the quadrant 39 actuates the counter 46 which carries on the same line as the figures of the quadrants 15 the figures of the number under operation.

Then by manipulating the platen 32 is obtained on a card or pa erband located on the platen roller (said card being not shown) the writing of the results of the decomposition and the number which has been decomposed.

Of course by lowering after each other a plurality of keys the operator may decompose any desired number within the limits of the construction of the apparatus; by way of example for decomposing the number 167,95 the operator depresses the keys (at the top and right hand) 60 (in the first left row), 7 (second row), 90 and 5 in the two right hand rows, and then are actuated the counting drums 18/21 cooperating with the units 100, 50, 10, 5, 2 in the left hand set, and 50, 20 (twice) and 5 in the right set, in the respective columns being shownthe'numerals1.1.1. 1.1.1.2.1 this meaning that the amount of 167,95 comprises one coin of 100, one of 50, onel of 10, one of 5, one of 2 unities, one of 50/100, two of 20/100 and one of 5/100. This notation is shown in the record card of Fig. 5, where the result of the decomposition of the amounts 82.50 and 146.218 is also given.

sheet the sum of the results that is the reading of the counters 18-21 as Well as the reading of the counter 42 at which are added the numbers on Which'the decomposing operation has been' effected'.V v

The construction of the apparatus may be di'erent it being only essential that the displacement of a key or 'similar manipulating l plurality of groups of units, each unit corpart produces the operation oi members similar to quadrants each corresponding with one of the elementsof the number to be decomposed, the bearing of the present invention being only. confined by the appended claims.

The described apparatus is-useful for .de-`

composing any number in itselementsof given values, as required in several fcircl'lrn-v stances say for preparing. Wage cards; for this purpose it is usefulto use cardsof'the form shown .by Figure 5 com rising columns for the name of the payee'an other Writings, a column for the amount to bedecomposed andv columns for the results offv the operations.

What I claim as my invention and-desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:-

l. Ina denominationalizing apparatus, a pluralityv of groups of units, each unit corresponding to a denomination, and each grou corresponding to one of the numerals each unit comprising a bar positioned for endwise displacement, an oscillating sector connected with the bar, a row of keys for each of the unit 'g1-oups, each key corresponding to a numeral and being connected with those of the bars' corresponding to the denominations contained in the key numeral, a secondbar, mounted for' endwise displacement, for each row lof keys, means connectingeaoh key With the second barfto impart to it a displacement proportional to the value 4of the key numeral, and indicating and totalizing devices connected With .the second bar.

2. In a denominationalizing apparatus,'a plurality of groups of units,.each unit corresponding to p a denomination, and Aeach group corresponding to one of the numerals o the amount to be denominationalized, each unit comprising, a bar positioned for endwise displacement, an oscillating sector connected with thebar, a row ofvkeys for each ofl the unit groups, each key corresponding'to. a numeral, rocking levers having an arm connected witheach vrkey and another arm connected With-those of the bars corresponding to the denominations t e amount to be denominationalized,

Leases? contained in the key numeral, a second bar mounted `for endwlse displacement, means connecting each key with the second bar for imparting to it a displacement proportional to the value of the key numeral,and indicating and totalizing devices connected with the Second bar. v

3. In av denominationalizing apparatus, a

tions contained once in the key numeral, and lat multiple distances from the center of? oscillation, With those ofthe bars corresponding withy denominations containedv more than once in the key numeral, a second bar mounted for endwise displacement for each row of keys, means connecting each key with the second bar to impart to it a displacement proportionalv to the value 'of the particular key numeral, and indicating and totalizin'g devices connected withr the second bar.l I

. 4. In a denominationalizing apparatus,

responding to a `denomination and each group corresponding to one of the numerals `a plurality of groupsof units, each unit cor- I of the amount, to be denominationalized, each unit comprising, a -bar positioned for end- Wise displacement, an oscillating sector connected with the bar, a ron7 of keys for each of theunit groups, each key' corresponding to a numeral, rocking' levers having an arm connected With the keys and `another arm connected with those of the bars corresponding to the denominations contained in the particular key numeral, a third armon the levers, a second bar mounted for end-Wise displacement for each row of keys, 'and means on the second bar positioned inV the path of the .third arm of the' lever, each of the means being spaced from the third arm by -a distance inverselyproportional to the particular key numeralkwhen the parts are in inoperative position.

In testimony whereof,

I` have signed my name to this speclfication. v

CARLO cne'umzzo,r 

